We arrived at the center around 8:30 am, left at 3:30, and lounged around for most of the day. Things here definitely follow "African time." I met with Winnie, the counselor, and watched as she interviewed 3 of the girls, gathering their stories to aid in their healing process. The girls' children were running around everywhere, being adorable as always.
It's mango season, so there were mango's falling all around us. One missed my head by about an inch. Winnie swore that she would eat 50 by the end of today and tried to get me to do the same... I only got to 2, but they were delicious!
The struggle of the day at the Centre was... Caterpillars! They are terrified of them! Haha. Spiders, snakes, lizards-- they don't mind, but don't dare ask them to touch a caterpillar. They tried every method possible--which pretty much consisted of pouring various poisons and liquids on them--to get rid of them and finally just resorted to setting them on fire...that worked.
I have a lot of down time in the afternoon and have already finished one of my books (Kisses from Katie-- highly recommended). It has been cool, and the skies have been tempting us with rain, but none yet. I'm currently sitting in the Coffee Hut (think-- Uganda alternative to Starbucks) enjoying the free wifi. Even here, I need my coffee. :) There are significantly more white people here than I ever saw in Liberia, and this seems to be the place that most of them hang out. Way to fulfill those sterotypes! Haha.
My American friend, Gary, has been showing me around. He works for ChildVoice and has been here for several months. He's attempting to grow some vegetable in the backyard. The sweet corn may be done by the time I leave in August! Last night, he made chili--which is a significantly more impressive feat here. Everything takes about 10 times longer to cook.
Grace has been cooking for us and cleaning our beautiful home. Charles keeps watch over us day and night.
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| Our backyard |
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